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INTRODUCTION

WATER SLIDESHOW

RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS

ACTIVITIES

LESSONS

FREE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION

EXPERIMENTS

SUGGESTED BOOKS

STUDENT SITE

WATER CONSERVATION HOME

INTRODUCTION

Water is our most precious resource. It is
important that our children grow into responsible adults who can make logical
decisions that will result in a sustainable water supply for the future.
Teaching children to value and protect
their drinking water is an important investment in the future, as well as an
excellent way to send a message home to parents: Conservation is everybody's
responsibility.

This web site has been designed to enable
teachers to easily access water conservation resources. This resource includes access
to free information, articles, water conservation units, lesson plans,
experiments, book list, slideshow, and activities to help facilitate
instruction of the concept of water. All the lesson plans are geared for K-6,
however most can be adapted to fit a specific level of instruction.

Teaching
about Water

Ask your students what they know about
water, what they think they know, and what they want to learn. This helps
you assess what your students know already. It also creates an opportunity for
them to brainstorm what things they would like to learn.

Using the Internet and the following
websites, technology can serve to enhance the student's interest in water
conservation.

Take your students to the "Kids
Area" at this website. Here you will find puzzles, games, quizzes,
virtual tours, interactive stories and loads of easy to read information all
about water. Your students will have fun learning.

Choose a book from the book lists that you
would like to share with your class. All children love stories. Literature is a
great basis for beginning your investigation.

The experiment section is fun too!

Did
you know?

October 18, 2002 is the 30th Anniversary of the
enactment of the Clean Water Act. This date marks a milestone in the efforts to
protect our nation's water resources. This anniversary also presents an excellent
opportunity to:

Enhance
public appreciation for the importance of our water resources,

Celebrate
water quality improvements,

Build
a better understanding of remaining challenges and solutions, and

Rekindle
the public stewardship ethic and support for watershed protection programs, and

Educate
our nation's young people.

In support of these goals, Congress, along with
a number of the nation's Governors and national organizations have proclaimed 2002
as the Year of Clean Water. To learn more about the Year of Clean Water, click the
link below.

Common
Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share. By Molly Garrett Bang.

The
Drop in My Drink. (9-12 years) By Meredity Hooper and Chris Coady.

A
Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. By Walter Wick.

The
Earth and I. (4-8 years) By Frank Asch.

Follow
the Water from the Brook to the Ocean. By
Arthur Dorrors

The
Four Elements: Water. (Preschool)
By Carme Solé Vendrell and J.M. Parramón

Gullywasher.
(4-8 years) By Joyce Rossi. In English and Spanish

I
Am Water (4-8 years) By Jean Marzollo.

Magic
School Bus: At the Waterwork.s By Joanna Cole. (available in Spanish)

One
Small Square: Cactus Desert. (6-10 years) By Donald M. Silver. T

River
Ran Wild: An Environmental History. By Lynne Cherry. A history of New
Hampshire's Nashua River starting 7,000 years ago until its recent reclamation.

Snail
Girl Brings Water. (6-10 years) By Geri Reams. A retelling of a traditional
Navaho creation myth which explains how water came to earth.

Splish,
Splash, Splosh. (4-8 years) By Mick Manning and Brita Granström. Join the
adventures of a young boy and his dog and ride the waves, float on rain-filled
clouds, shoot down fast-flowing rivers, and splash through sewers until you get
where all water ends…and begins.

This
Place is Dry. By Vicki Cobb, Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator).

Water.
By Frank Asch.

Water
Science, Water Fun: Great Things to Do with H2O. (9-12 years) By Noel Fiarotta
and Phyllis Fiarotta. Lessons and experiments teach about floating, refraction,
leaching temperature gravity, buoyancy, flow and other water properties.

Water,
Water Everywhere (Discovery Readers). By Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, Bobbi Tull
(Illustrator). A book about the water cycle, treatment, distribution, and wastewater
treatment.

Where
Do Puddles Go? (4-8 years) By Fay Robinson. An early book to explain water
cycles and water in all its forms.

Where
Does Water Come From? (6-10 years) By C. Vance Cast. Clever Clavin shows how
much water there is on earth, how wells are dug to bring it out of the ground, and
how water treatment plants work.